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The Great Director 1984 Volume 3: Rise to Fame Chapter 20 The Spring Festival War is Coming

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    The Spring Festival is the most important time of the year, and it is also the longest holiday for the people of Hong Kong after a year of hard work. Such a traditional festival for the Chinese people, in addition to the family  In addition to visiting relatives and friends, members of the group just sleep in at home. Of course, entertainment and relaxation are also indispensable. Moreover, at this time every year, many film companies want to compete for a piece of the billion-dollar pie.

    Often before such a schedule, many large film companies are gathering strength, and many low-cost films or films from small film companies compete for the box office, just like a large concert.  Those backing singers are the same as the band.

    There are also a lot of movies competing for such a schedule. There are eight movies in total. In addition to the release of Hotel of the Eight Immortals, the farce movie Ghost Hunters Co., Ltd. starring Dragon Clan starring Ye Zimei, Bai Zhan  Also joined in the unveiling of the Spring Festival stalls.

    Its movie is a Category III film called Love Challenge. In such a film, Hyun Ji Hye, a Korean girl, stars. She is the most popular star on the screen in this era. In such a leisurely time,  There are still many wet men who are keen to enter the cinema.  Of course, cinema is not the best home for such a film. Its development is all on video tapes. Many single men and some passionate couples like to buy or rent such videos.  Take it home and watch it quietly to spend that lonely or passionate night.

    The same day as Bai Zhan's Love Story was released on the same day as Yong Sheng's movie Big Story Detective. Now Yong Sheng has basically got rid of the situation of shooting some small movies for distribution on video tapes and midnight screenings, and has even completely  They have given up on such a market. They basically have a movie released on the big screen every month, and they also have some contracted actors from their own company. Looking at its progress, it is completely moving towards a large film company.  its company resources.  Its management is based on integration and standardization.

    Qian Xiaohao stars in this TV drama. He and Wan Ziliang are now the two biggest names in Yongsheng, and the two of them are constantly competing for the position of Yongsheng's first brother. It is obvious that Qian  Xiaohao is a little weaker, although he has become popular since the original Mr. Zombie.  But there was never a decent movie again.  Although the results of the films produced are pretty good step by step, and they all make small profits, compared with Wan Ziliang, they are still far behind.  Although several of Wan Ziliang's films in Yongsheng were follow-up hero films, their box office basically exceeded 10 million, and some even exceeded 20 million.

    Another thing that clearly reflects the gap between the two is the scheduling this time. Although Qian Xiaohao¡¯s The Great Detective is a family comedy, it was scheduled to appear as a back-up film during the Spring Festival, while Wan Wan  Zi Liang's "Red Lips", which is still following the trend of hero movies, is the main dish arranged by Yong Sheng in the Spring Festival stalls.  The expectations for the two films can be said to be completely different.

    In addition to these three films, the other five films are from five small film companies. Even two of the films are documentaries, and the remaining three films are also low-cost films.  There are not even any big stars, not even some second- and third-rate movie stars, and among these three films, all three of them are third-rate films with some pornographic scenes.  Even two of them are ghost movies, and two of them are works with the participation of Korean lady Hyun Ji Ji. Such a movie does not have a strange ghost movie.  It is absolutely safe for such a low-budget movie. They are also competing for the atmosphere in the video tape market just like Bai Zhan's Love Challenge, and the investment in each of these movies plus the actors' remuneration  That is around five or six hundred thousand, so as long as it exceeds one million, the cost can be recovered.

    These eight films can be said to make the backstage war extremely chaotic. The eight films are all low-cost films, so the release dates are not very long. Basically, they were all released in early February, and  Among these movies, the one with the best box office that Yan Xu expected was his company's "Ghost Hunting Co., Ltd.". With a box office of more than 7 million, it was the highest for this period. Although the heroine of this movie was  Qiu Shuzhen, but she is not as attractive as Ye Zimei. It can even be said that many people are heading towards Ye Zimei's huge pair.

    Following Ghost Hunters Co., Ltd. is Yong Sheng's film Big Talk. The film's performance is not very good. It only has a box office of more than 4 million. It should be Qian Xiaohao's lowest box office figure recently. Of course, such a box office recovery  The cost is no problem, but his status in Yongsheng is slightly inferior to Wan Ziliang.

    And behind Yongsheng Movies?, what is even more confusing to many people is that behind this movie is not a battle of love, but two documentaries, The Secret of Magical Powers and The Ancient Spirit in Southeast Asia Part 2. These two films  The box office figures of both are above 3 million, which is a good figure for a documentary, while The Love Challenge only received a box office of more than 2.7 million yuan. For a film with a cost of 6.7 million,  It is certain to make money, but of course it won't be too much. The bulk of it is basically the distribution of video tapes.

    As for the three movies produced by small film companies, the 2.1 million for The Ghostly Ghost, the 1.8 million for The Half-Lord, and the 1.6 million for Wild Rose are considered to be enough for the three film companies.  Not a bad result. It is not a problem to make a small profit of 200,000 to 300,000 yuan per film. Coupled with the sale of video tapes, it is completely possible to earn around 500,000 yuan.

    And just after these eight films were released one after another, the smoke of war broke out, and some small film companies began to avoid them.

    It all started on New Year's Eve. Xinyi City, which had been silent for a long time, was the first to stand up. The Eight-Star Announcement can be said to be their New Year's Eve drama, and the whole movie is packed with many first-line stars.  Fa Ge, Hong Gu, Sister Dudu, Feng Baobao, Huang Baiming, Yuan Jieying, A Dan, Teddy Robin, Zhang Xueyou, Zhou Wenjian, etc. These alone are enough to attract many people, plus the absolute joy  The comedy scene is suitable for the whole family to enjoy, and it is definitely a box office guarantee.

    Although there is a certain gap between the release of other companies' films and this movie, the gap is not very big. On the second day of Little New Year's Eve, five movies can be said to be released on the same day.

    In addition to the Dragon Clan's God of Gamblers and Yongsheng's heroic red lips, Debao continued the glory of the previous year. You must know that the rich and powerful person last year has become the biggest dark horse, with a small cost of several million  It received 27 million at the box office, earning Debao tens of millions, so this year they can be said to be pursuing the victory and directly launched the second part of Rich and Powerful. This is a low-cost movie description  It tells the comedy life of a very ordinary Hong Kong family. Because it is close to reality, the ideals of Hong Kong people and the mentality of getting rich overnight, it is very attractive to ordinary Hong Kong people. It can be said that the winner is just the ordinary people living in Hong Kong.  The mentality and life of citizens are also the reason why this movie, which can be said to be not particularly outstanding, with no great comedy effect, no bizarre story, no dazzling action, and no hot gun battles, has such good results.

    Of course, Jiahe is absolutely indispensable at such times. This time it is not produced by Baohe, Weihe or Tahoe, but Jiahe himself. This movie Flying Dragon was originally the last one for the three brothers of the Yuan family.  Joining forces, Sanmao and Chen Long had a falling out due to Guan Zhilin's incident while filming this movie.

    You must know that at that time, Chen Long was not only a famous playboy. Although he had secretly married, he would not let go of any beautiful woman who appeared next to him. At that time, Guan Zhilin was entrusted to Sanmao by her father.  , and San Ye kept warning Chen Long, but Chen Long suddenly threw San Mao's warning aside and took action directly when filming the sequel of Plan A. This also became the cause of the disagreement between San Mao and him.  Fuse, basically parted ways from then on.

    And now Guan Zhilin is Yan Xu's woman, and her status as a movie queen does not require any deliberate care, so the three brothers have not parted ways. Although they each have their own companies and are still in a state of competition, their private  The relationship is still very good.

    Chen Long's own appearance has already become a box office hit. Coupled with Da Sanmao, the eldest brother in the film industry, and Yuen Biao, the most popular Hong Kong action actor in Japan besides him, the addition of these three people is no longer a big deal.  It's just one plus one plus one. From the previous food truck, the two Plan A movies, and the Five Lucky Stars series, those box office results are all real and proven by historical experience.

    The fifth movie is a movie produced by Yindu. This movie is Heroes of China starring Jet Li. This can be said to be his first self-directed and self-acted film. Although Jet Li's acting skills in it are young, the scenes are  But it is extremely popular and should be regarded as a very standard action movie. Because Jet Li's previous films have achieved very good box office in Hong Kong, Yindu Company also has high expectations for this film.  (To be continued.)
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